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Senate To Start Roberts Hearings — Nominee's Views Could Shape Court for Years — The Senate convenes the first confirmation hearing for a chief justice nominee in nearly two decades today, starting a week of admonitions and questions for John G. Roberts Jr. certain to probe deeply …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Hearings Tempest Downgraded to Topical Storm — Hurricane Katrina is having a gale-force impact on the John Roberts confirmation hearings. — When the Senate hearings begin this morning, the cable news networks plan to dip in and out after carrying some opening statements.
Deacon / Power Line:
YEARNING FOR A CARTERESQUE WAR ON TERROR — The only thing worse than an MSM piece that's plainly devoid of analysis is an MSM piece that contains its illusion. A case in point is this shockingly bad article by Newsweek's Michael Hirsh that appeared in today's Washington Post.
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Gaijinbiker / Riding Sun:
The amazing success of George W. Bush — NOTE: Welcome, Instapundit readers! And thanks for the link, Prof. Reynolds. — Shortly after the attacks of 9-11, George W. Bush announced a new focus for his adminstration and for America: … Four years later, terrorism remains a problem around the world …
Michael Hirsh / Washington Post:
9/11 — and Counting — On Dec. 9, 1941, two days after the Pearl Harbor attack, Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the American people in a fireside chat. In tone and manner, FDR's words were not very different from the rhetoric of George W. Bush three generations later …
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Michael Kinsley / Los Angeles Times:
The fetid aroma of hindsight — Recriminations are all the rage today. But really, does anyone ever pay attention to the prophets of doom until it's too late? — AS A GOOD AMERICAN, you no doubt have been worried sick for years about the levees around New Orleans.
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Toby Helm / Telegraph:
Jews and Freemasons controlled war on Iraq, says No 10 adviser — Tony Blair decided to wage war on Iraq after coming under the influence of a "sinister" group of Jews and Freemasons, a Muslim barrister who advises the Prime Minister has claimed. — Ahmad Thomson, from the Association of Muslim Lawyers …
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David A / In Search Of Utopia:
Newsflash - Kool Aide Rations Running Low Across America! … Meanwhile rumors spread of Massive Kool Aide stores being horded by Paul at Wizbang, who slams the poor people of New Orleans and boast of his own independence, just a week or so after his compatriots at Wizbang were passing the hat for him.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Border Wars V - Operation Cyclone in Rutbah, Tal Afar, and more — With simultaneous offensives occurring in Qaim, Tal Afar, and Rabiah, Coalition forces launch Operation Cyclone in the southern town of Rutbah, which sits astride roads at the southern-most border crossing with Syria and the northern-most border crossing with Jordan.
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Jacob Silberberg / Associated Press:Battle Eases in Sweep for Iraq Insurgents
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Sadie / fistfuloffortnights.net:
RINOs Without A Hero? — Inspired by Vanity Fair by William Makepiece Thackeray (LONDON, June 28, 1848) — As the Commissar of the RINOs sits before the curtain on the boards and gazes into the political arena, a feeling of profound melancholy washes over his haggard and weary face.
Hullabaloo:
Dusting Off The Manual — Kevin reports that Time magazine says the Republicans have a three point plan for a comeback after Katrina: … There's one other little way to gin up base conservative voters that we can already see developing on the shout fest and gasbags shows.
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grandforks.com:
Poll shows Hoeven would be tough challenger for Conrad — FARGO, N.D. - A new poll shows that a race pitting Gov. John Hoeven as the challenger for Sen. Kent Conrad's seat would be a close battle. — Conrad's office called the poll "flawed," while Hoeven declined comment. The matchup is hypothetical.
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Chris Gaither / Los Angeles Times:
Chat From the War Zone — With the hiring of blogger-journalist Kevin Sites, Yahoo is set to compete with TV news. — Yahoo Inc. has been talking like a major media company. Today it will start acting like one. — Ten months after Lloyd Braun, former chairman of the ABC television network …
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BBC:
Koizumi secures landslide victory — Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has won an overwhelming victory in lower house elections, according to results published by the media. — His party and its coalition ally will have a key two-thirds majority in the new parliament, Kyodo news agency said.
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Katrina Leads a Lobbyist to Reevaluate His Priorities — Frederick L. Webber, a longtime denizen of Washington's lobbying corridor, showed up at work one day last week and found on his desk a dozen fundraising requests from members of Congress. — He threw them all in the trash.
MSNBC:
Transcript for September 11 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday... (Videotape): — Unidentified Man: Residents of New Orleans, we're here to help you. — MR. RUSSERT: Hurricane Katrina, day 13. How goes the recovery? With us: the mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
What If Blanco & Nagin Had Been Replaced By Competent Politicians Before Katrina? … Since Katrina hit, the partisan mainstream media has spent a great deal of time trying to exploit the hurricane to attack the Bush administration. So, while Kathleen Blanco & Ray Nagin …
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Washington Post:
At 9/11 Walks, Remembrances Stream Forth — Thousands in D.C. and Va. Honor Victims, U.S. Troops — On a Sept. 11 as sunny and warm as that earth-shattering date four years ago, thousands of people yesterday remembered the terrorist attacks by walking in the nation's capital.
Article III Groupie / Underneath Their Robes:
Breaking News: Clerkly Clues to the Justices' Plans! — Every now and then, Article III Groupie goes beyond gossip-mongering and does something resembling real journalism. * Well, it's about that time again. A3G has some juicy news to share about the moves of various law clerks …
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